FISHING THE PACIFIC 



his friend and fishing companion, George Garey. Tuker 

 went out after the fish when he saw the commercial men 

 bringing their albacora catches into Iquique. In 1933 he 

 caught the first swordfish ever taken on rod and reel off 

 Chile and on May 28, 1932, he caught the first striped marlin 

 taken off that marvelous coast. When the Anglo-Chilean 

 Nitrate Company opened their big oficianas in the Pampa 

 above Tocopilla, Tuker was transferred to that post. He is 

 the engineer in charge of the railroad which transports ni- 

 trate, supervises the ship loading and, in addition, he serves 

 as British Consul in Tocopilla. 



George Garey, now retired and living in California, hails 

 from Vermont. A wonderful sportsman and companion, he 

 was in charge of the Mechanical Department of Anglo- 

 Chilean Nitrate at Maria Elena. Garey was first talked into 

 going salt-water fishing by Tuker, and his wife often joined 

 him on his trips. 



Two other Anglo-Chilean Nitrate officials who have done 

 much to further the sport of fishing off Chile and stood 

 solidly behind Tuker and Garey in their efforts to develop 

 it off Tocopilla are Horace Graham and Paul Krueger. 

 Krueger now is also retired. Every fisherman who ever 

 catches a fish off Chile should feel highly indebted to 

 Graham, a citizen of the United States who has probably 

 done more for Chile than any other North American. If he 

 had not been entirely enthusiastic and allowed his friends to 

 go to Tocopilla and use the Nitrate Company's facilities and 

 boats, the fish would never have been caught, the Grace Line 

 would never have put the boats in there for others to use 

 and the switch to Iquique would never have been made. The 



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